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“You can imagine two people hitting you from each side and every time you go up for a rebound people under-cutting you and you hitting the floor as hard as you can,” Mccowan said. “It's a hard toll.”

Mccowan is currently averaging 16.9 points per game with 13.7 rebounds and she has 58 blocked shots to go with it. MSU has always had consistent production from Anriel Howard, who has 15.5 points and 7.9 rebounds a game and Danberry with 13 points a game. Schaefer has been pleased with his point guard play as Jazzmun Holmes is averaging 7.9 points a game and 111 assists to just 25 turnovers.

The challenge that Schaefer has issued to his team is to get them all on the same page at the same time. If that happens, this particular team can get right back to the same spot it has been the last two years.

“We've got some really talented kids," Schaefer said. "We've got great point guard play. We've got the inside piece. We've got a lot of things going for us.

"I don't see us getting better. I see A&M, Tennessee, South Carolina and Missouri getting better, but I don't see us getting better. That's the challenge in coaching this team. I've got to find a way to get us better. They may be the best team that I've ever coached, but I don't know if we'll get to be that team.

“I'm going to keep fighting. My staff is going to keep coaching. I believe so much in this team and I believe that we can get so much better.”

Today's game at Humphrey Coliseum against the Lady Vols is scheduled for 1 p.m. and is a “Pink Out” to bring awareness to breast cancer. The game can be viewed on ESPN.